Fiction: Randolph Pfaff’s “Day Trip with David”

Open with the narrator speaking to a statue, conveying the sadness of New Jersey. Describing the taste of ocean air … More

Essay: Zeke Jarvis’ “The Unintentional Dreads”

Not only do I remember the baby cats, but I remember how I heard about the baby cats. Actually, I … More

Fiction: Rolli’s “There’s a Swan in My Scrotum”

When I was younger my younger brother found a duck nest and picked out one egg. Then the mother bit … More

Three Poems by Gary Glauber

Found and Lost She was pasted firmly in the past,a trivial footnote in a weather-beaten journalgathering dust, unread on a … More

Two Poems by Brian Beatty

Coyote Coyote—for Tony Fitzpatrick That forest that goesunseen for its own trees is full of mirrors, too: obscure, obsceneAmerican mirrors … More

Two Poems from THIS IS THE WAY TO RULE: Joshua Young

Dear Survivors, we come upon a party of women cutting through the gut of a forest. when they see us … More

Fiction: Lori D’Angelo’s “Neighbors”

Thomas hired a neighbor woman to spy on his wife. He told himself that it was for his wife’s own … More

Two Poems by J. Bradley

Enrolling in the Human League I’m writing you the perfect love song:the beat a gasp from Lloyd Dobblerwhile his stomach … More

Poetry: Peter Schwartz’s “a dozen parables”

1.there once was a farmer who always saw the sunrise, he died in a weird experiment with mosquitoes and bees. … More

Poetry: Three Boundary Critiques by Andrew Rihn

I. Convergent Boundaries The Himalayan mountain range formedwhen two tectonic plates converged,their equal densities raising them uplike a sacrifice to … More

Two Poems by D.W. Lichtenberg

The Upset of My Hope Fool I wrote Chet this email and I was telling him you know best friends … More

Fiction: Three Atrocities by John Dermot Woods

New Jersey In the suburbs of New York City, the police were called to detain a trespasser who had been … More

“A Prose Poem I Started a While Ago and Never Finished … Until Now!” by Bradley Sands

John wills the creation of a farm in Times Square. Tobacco crops smash through the pavement, sending fire hydrants and … More

Poetry: Nick Barr’s “craigslistgirls”

*Ed.’s Note: click image to view larger size. Nick Barr lives in San Francisco, where he does product management for … More

Three Poems by Thomas Patrick Levy

How Circles Work Sometimes I don’t let it bother me and sometimes I spend the whole night staring at the … More